554 LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



Bombyx rosea, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii.M, 485, 244. Geoff. Hist. Ins. 



ii. 121, 25; Naturf. xii. 60, pi. 1, f. 18. Esp. Schmett. iii. 



386, pi. 77, f. 1—3 ; Pap. d'Eur. vi. 50, pi. 221, f. 310. Gmel. 



ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2441, 580. Donov. Nat. Hist. Engl. Ins. ii. 



pi. 40. Panz. Faun. Germ. 10, 20. V. Mull. Faun. Siles. iii. 



1. Vieweg, Tab. Verz. i. 64, 69. Borkh. Eur. Schmett. iii. 



237, 75. Rhein. Mag. i. 344, 187. Schwarz, Raup. 241. 



Turt. Syst. Nat. iii. 229. 

 Noctua rubicunda, Wien. Verz. 68, Fam. C, 10. Lang. Verz. ii. 



163, 1149, 1150. Illig. N. Ausg. dess. i. 180, 10. 

 Setina rubicunda, Schr. Faun. Boic. ii. 2, 166, 14. 

 Bombyx rubicunda, Hubn. Bomb. 128, 2, pi. 26, f. Ill ; Larv. Lep. 



iii. Bomb. 2. Verce, G, a, f. 1, a — c. 

 Lithosia rosea, Ochs. Schmett. iii. 145, 12, 12 ; iv. 52, 13. God. 



Pap. de France, iii. pi. 39, f. 5, 6. Meig. Handb. 119, 37; 



Syst. Besch. Eur. Schmett. iii. 51, 11, pi. 86, f. 9. Croch. ed. 



Regne Anim. Atlas, Ins. pi. 153 bis, 1. 

 Phalaena rosea, Don. Nat. Hist. Brit. Ins. ii. 9, pi. 40, f. inf. 

 Lithosia miniata, Haw. Lep. Brit. 149. 

 Miltochrista rubicunda, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 166, 1722. 

 Callimorpha miniata, Steph III. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. 90, 2. 

 Calligenia rosea, Eversm. Faun. Lep. Volgo-Ural. 135, 11. 



a — d. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 



e,f. England. 



g, h. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



Genus 130. AMEBTA. 



Fcem. Corpus lineare, cylindricum, gracillimum. Palpi capitis 

 dimidio paullo longiores ; articulus 3us conicus, 2i dimidio non 

 longior. Antennae graciles, setaceae, corporis dimidio aequales. 

 Abdomen alarum margin es posticos vix attingens. Pedes gra- 

 cillimi ; tibia? posticae calcaribus quatuor minutis. Ala? mediocriter 

 longa? et lata? ; antica? ad costam vix convexae, apud apices sub- 

 conicae, angulo postico sudrotundato. 



Female. Body linear, cylindrical, very slender. Palpi a little 

 more than half the length of the head ; third joint conical, not more 

 than half the length of the second. Proboscis moderately long. 

 Antenna? slender, setaceous, bare about half the length of the body. 

 Prothovax rather long. Abdomen hardly extending so far as the 

 hind wings. Legs very slender ; hind tibia? with four minute spurs. 

 Wings of moderate length and breadth. Fore wings hardly convex 



